Antifriction-bearing.



of the race guide, for instance so as to posin tively prevent its withdrawal from the support. lf desired, however, the support mayl be formed in other ways with a socket 22 of such shape as to properly accommodate the race Iwhich may then be forced into the socket and held in position as by forcing down upon it detent portions, such as 5, which prevent its withdrawal from the socket.1

Fig. 3 shows still another form of construction in which the race guide l2 and bearing track l0 may be cast into the support l, together with the upstanding portion 28 of the race member which may as indicated be given a substantially cylindrical form. ln this instance the support may be formed with an internal support sleeve 27 to promote the alinement of the bearing members and the retainer flange may in this instance have an integral retainer sleeve 29 formed upon it of such size as to be forced down over the support sleeve and retain it in position in this way so as to loosely hold the bearing rolls or members 6 in service position.

Fig. fl shows still another modification in which the race may be cast into the support l in a similar way and the retainer 1l is similarly mounted on .the support sleeve 27. rl`he bearing rolls 13 are in this case shown as being considerably thinner and as having substantially cylindrical bearing surfaces 14 coperating with the bearing track 1G and with the coperating member of the bearing which would thus have a conical bearing surface substantially parallel to this track. rllhe inclined position of the bearing rolls would thus in this instance have a still more pronounced self-alining action, so as to hold the two bearing members in substantial alinement during their relative rotation..

This invention has been described in connection with a number of illustrativeembodiments, forms, proportions, materials, arrangements and numbers of parts, to the details of which disclosure the invention is not of course to be limited, since What is claimed as new and what is desired to be secured by Letters Patent isset forth in the appended claims.

l. ln anti-friction bearings, a sheet steel race conlprising a conical race guide and an integral conical bearing track. and a substantially cylindrical race sleeve extending upward within said race guide, a series of inclined bearing disks coperating with said race and each having an outer faceprovided with a central recess and with a convex sur face engaging the conical race guide and having a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having conical bearing surfaces coperating with said bearing track, a retainer sleeve permanently held within said race sleeve and having an integral retainer flange loosely cooperating with said retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position and a support formed with a cast in socket within which said race'is permanently secured.

Q. 1n anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide Oand an integral conical bearing track anda substantially cylindrical race sleeve extending upward within said race guide, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race and each having an outer face provided with a convex surface engaging the conical race guide and having a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing track, a retainer sleeve permanently held within said race sleeve and having an' integral retainer flange loosely coperating with said retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position and a support formed with a cast in socket within which said race is permanently secured.

In anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide and an integral conical bearing track and a race sleeve extending upward within said race guide, a series of inclined bearing disks coperating with said race and each having an outer face provided with a convex surface engaging the conical race guide and having a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and vhaving bearing surfaces coperating with said bearing track and a retainer sleeve permanently held within said race sleeve and having an integral retainer flange loosely coperating with said retainer hubsl to hold said bearing disks in service position.

4. In anti-friction bearings, a sheet metal race comprising a conical race guide and an integral conical bearing track and a race sleeve extending upward within said race guide, a series of inclined ybearing' disks cooperating with said race and each having a convex outer surface engaging the conical race guide, a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having conical bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing trackand a retainer sleeve permanently secured by said race sleeve and having an integral retainer flange loosely cooperating with said-retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position.

5. ln anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide and a conical bearing track and a race sleeve extending upward within said race guide, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race and each having a convex outer surface engaging the conical race guide,a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing track and a retainer permanently secured by said race sleeve and having a retainer flange loosely .cooperating with said retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position.

(i. In anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide and conical bearing track, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race and each having a. convex outer surface engaging the conical race guide, a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing track and a retainer loosely cooperating with said retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position.

7. In anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide and a conical bearing track, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race and each formed with an outer face provided with a central recess and with a convex surface engaging the conical race Guide to be held in alinement thereby and liaving a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having conical bearing surfaces coperating with said bearing track to have a seltl alining action on the cooperating bearing member and a retainer permanently secooperating cured to said race and loosely said bearing with said retainer 'hubs to hold disks inservice position.v

8. In anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race 'guide and a conical bea-ring track, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race and each formed with anouter lface provided Within, convex surface engaging the conical race guide tobe held in alinement thereby and having a central projecting retainer hub on its inner face and having bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing track to have a self-alining action on the cooperating bearing member and a retainer loosely7 cooperating with said retainer hubs to hold said bearing disks in service position.

9. In anti-friction bearings, a race comprising a conical race guide and a conical bearing track, a series of inclined bearing disks cooperating with said race'and each formed with an outer face provided with a convex surface engaging the conical race guide to be held in alinement thereby and ha`ving bearing surfaces cooperating with said bearing track to have a self-alining action on the cooperating bearing member and a retainer to hold said bearing disks in service position.

IVALTER B. LASHAR. THOMAS C. LUCE. lVitnesses:

IVM. C. ETTERSHANK, IV. M. IVHEELER, BENJAMIN LEWIS, IVM. SIEGLER. 

